Muhammad Al Shaalan

Muhammad Al Shaalan
Muhammad Al Shaalan
Native name	محمد الشعلان
Birth name	Muhammad bin Ahmed Al Shaalan
Died	June 2015
Allegiance	Saudi Arabia
Service/branch	Royal Saudi Air Force
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands held	Royal Saudi Air Force
Battles/wars	Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen †

Muhammad bin Ahmed Al Shaalan (Arabic: محمد بن أحمد بن عبدالرحمن الشعلان‎; died June 2015) was a Saudi military officer and commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) from 2014 up until his death in Saudi Arabia. Al Shaalan was initially reported to have died from a heart attack outside the country by the Ministry of Defense, during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war.[1] In early June 2015, several Scud missiles were fired by the Houthis from Yemen and hit King Khalid Air Base, which serves as the center of the Saudi bombing campaign against them; he was killed in the missile attack.[2][3]

References

"Saudi Air Force commander dies of heart attack". The Nation. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020. "Meanwhile, an informed source in rejected the reports that Lt Gen Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Shaalan died of a heart attack, saying the General was killed in Yemen’s missile attacks", "an informed Yemeni source who called for anonymity said in New York on Wednesday that “Shaalan was killed in the Yemeni army’s missile attacks against Saudi Arabia’s Khamees al-Mushait region five days earlier”.
Asher Orkaby.(24 June 2015). Doomed: Saudi Arabia Will Fail in Yemen. National Interest. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security". Retrieved 13 July 2015. Riyadh concealed the circumstances of the air chief’s death to avoid affecting the morale of Saudi combatants taking part in the Yemen war.

Military offices
Preceded by Lt. Gen. Fayyadh Al Ruwaili	Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force 2014—2015	Succeeded by Maj. Gen. Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Ghamdi (acting)

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[1] "Saudi Air Force commander dies of heart attack". The Nation. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020. "Meanwhile, an informed source in rejected the reports that Lt Gen Muhammad bin Ahmed al-Shaalan died of a heart attack, saying the General was killed in Yemen’s missile attacks", "an informed Yemeni source who called for anonymity said in New York on Wednesday that “Shaalan was killed in the Yemeni army’s missile attacks against Saudi Arabia’s Khamees al-Mushait region five days earlier”.

[2] Asher Orkaby.(24 June 2015). Doomed: Saudi Arabia Will Fail in Yemen. National Interest. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[3] "DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security". Retrieved 13 July 2015. Riyadh concealed the circumstances of the air chief’s death to avoid affecting the morale of Saudi combatants taking part in the Yemen war.